With just four years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has engaged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and members of the SDG Implementation Coordination Committee (ICC) to assess Ghana’s progress on five high-impact SDG targets.

The assessment is intended to identify progress, gaps and priority actions needed to accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

At an inception meeting held on 10 September 2026 at NDPC Conference Room, participants discussed the scope, objectives and roadmap for assessing the five targets, selected for their potential multiplier effects across the SDGs.

Opening the meeting on behalf of the Director-General, Director of Development Policy at NDPC, Mrs Alice Amekudzi, said Ghana must move beyond broad commitments and focus on areas where accelerated action could deliver the greatest development impact.

“With only four years left to 2030, Ghana must have a clear understanding of where we are, what progress has been achieved, what gaps remain, and what it needs to change to accelerate implementation,” she said.

The five priority targets are SDG 16.6 on effective, accountable and transparent institutions; SDG 8.5 on full and productive employment and decent work; SDG 4.1 on completion of quality basic education; SDG 6.2 on access to adequate sanitation and hygiene; and SDG 7.3 on energy efficiency.

Presenting an overview of SDG coordination and implementation in Ghana, Ms Patience Ampomah, the National SDGs Coordinator, said the country follows a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, with the SDGs integrated into the decentralised planning system.

She said Ghana’s 2025 assessment tracked 105 indicators, with 12.4 percent on target and 41 percent showing moderate progress. The results, she noted, point to the need for faster implementation and improved data availability.

A representative of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) said the forthcoming Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) 8 is expected to provide data for several indicators where gaps have affected SDGs reporting. The Service is also exploring alternative methodologies to strengthen the measurement of indicators where direct data are limited.

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